M4.2 earthquake 14 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece on Thu, Jul 2, 1981, 11:41 AM GMT+3 (08:41 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 11 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-02 08:41:41 UTC
- Depth
- 48.6 km (30.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.663° N, 20.571° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.311 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16516 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.610 km NE of Metsovo, Greece · 16516 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.117 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16516 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.9Greece-Albania border region · 16510 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.83 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece · 16510 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.93 km ESE of Préveza, Greece · 16509 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.729 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Párga, Greece · 16496 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.413 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16495 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.014 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.69 km NNE of Metsovo, Greece · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.811 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 16485 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.113 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16474 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.611 km E of Metsovo, Greece · 16473 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Acharávi, Greece · 16467 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 3.82 km S of Vounoplagiá, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.014 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16520 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.310 km SSW of Pérdika, Greece · 16529 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.57 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 16529 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001efs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.